
IOSH podcast
IOSH's podcast series features exclusive interviews with industry experts, behind the scenes discussions with IOSH members, and conversations with future leaders of the health and safety profession.
Latest episodes

Sep 28, 2022 • 16min
Future Leaders: EDI tips to protect business and ensure compliance
A truly inclusive approach to safety should encompass all aspects of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI). In this episode, two IOSH Future Leaders share ideas of how they've used it to their advantage in their organisations.

Jul 1, 2022 • 35min
Hybrid working and MSDs
Featuring Matt Birtles, principal ergonomist, HSEIOSH Future Leaders interview the HSE's ergonomic guru to find out what organisations should be doing to safeguard hybrid workers against MSDs.

May 5, 2022 • 31min
The value of OH services post-pandemic: Featuring Professor Dame Carol Black
In this exclusive interview, Professor Dame Carol Black talks to IOSH magazine about the value of occupational health services and discusses emerging issues that will require our attention as we return to the new normal.

Mar 10, 2022 • 47min
Future Leaders: What inspires you as an OSH practitioner?
In this episode, two members of the IOSH Future Leaders steering group explore where they get their inspiration from as health and safety practitioners, discuss how to develop power skills, and give our listeners some fresh ideas about different places we can all learn from.

Feb 10, 2022 • 17min
The Future is Bright, says Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher, IOSH chief executive
In this episode, we speak to IOSH’s chief executive, Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher. Vanessa discusses her first six months in the job, how the profession has earned the recognition it deserves thanks to Covid, and why we should be optimistic about the future.

Jan 19, 2022 • 10min
Human capital and social sustainability
IOSH magazine's digital editor Kellie Mundell speaks to Chris Jerman, thought leadership manager at IOSH, about human capital and social sustainability. Chris breaks down this important concept and explains how IOSH is connecting the conversation with its Catch the Wave campaign.

Dec 9, 2021 • 43min
Future Leaders: mental health
This episode has been taken over by three IOSH Future Leaders: Alpa Vadher, Adam Gawne and Abdulhanan Cheema. They discuss how to be a good safety influencer, and the new standard for psychosocial risks and how it might impact mental health in the workplace.

Nov 3, 2021 • 55min
How the HSE has evolved over 50 years
The Health and Safety Executive’s Philip White and Peter Brown discuss changes in the 50 years since the Roben’s report, managing stress and mental ill health, and COVID-19 responses.

Aug 31, 2021 • 16min
Why safety managers should be thinkers
In this episode, we speak to Chartered Fellow Chris Jerman, a safety practitioner with more than 30 years' experience and IOSH's new thought leadership manager. Chris tells us what his new role will entail, and why it's so important for safety managers to be thinkers.

Jun 14, 2021 • 35min
Lone worker safety
In this episode, Don Cameron, CEO of StaySafe, discuses lone workers including the grey areas in legislation and how advice on keeping lone workers safe differs internationally.